Do I need memcached with Opcache ?

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robue-a7119895 picture robue-a7119895 · Jul 24, 2014 · Viewed 15k times · Source

I don't know anything about caching other than having read that people use APC/Opcache/Memcache/Memchached/Varnish ... to makes PHP go faster :)

So, I tried APC last week since I was on PHP5.4, but then updated my to PHP5.5 so I could use Opcache. So, now that Opcache is working, I need to even make my wordpress site faster, and since I have heard that APC is not compatible with opcache, I would like to know if memcached is OK to use, as I am almost certain varnish is OK because it is not related to PHP.

So, will using memcached further improve my site?

Answer

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams picture Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Jul 24, 2014

OPcache is for accelerating code access. memcached is for accelerating data access. They are completely different, and completely independent.

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